you won't make yourself a name if you follow the rules

1) Ginger Doss, "Thankful".
2) Seltzer water.
3) Jasmine-scented soap.
4) Autumn and Annabelle are cutest kitties.
5) Being back in the position of too many active-in-my-head ideas, not enough time. I mean, it'd be better if I had more time, but this is better than hardly any active ideas and no time at all.
6) The Goddess of Willendorf pendant I got from the new local metaphysical shop.
7) Patreon.
8) The CRAIC music, esp "Step It Out Mary" off Tzigani and "Shee An Gannon" off Pipes & Drums Since 1541.
9) Feeling like I'm doing something right, even if I'm not quite sure what it is or what to do next.
10) Y'all. ♥

01) Run Lola Run, "Wish (Komm Zu Mir)"

02) dark chocolate peanut butter cups

03) Coworker K complimented my amber-and-white dichroic glass pendant today (which iirc is a thing I bought from synecdochic's Etsy)

04) bag of gifts from Coworker K (which is not yet inventoried but whatever)

05) "The Importance of the Oxford Comma" by brian_bilston (there are several -isms on blatant display, unfortunately, and also unfortunately it is a text graphic instead of actual text, but the poem made me laugh)

06) Anybody else read the preview chapters of Kate Elliott's Court of Fives HOW AWESOME AN OPENING IS THAT (why is the novel proper not out for another few weeks WHYYYY)

07) reading fiction! actually reading fiction! even if it is only the preview chapters

08) so apparently there's now a statue of Satan in Detroit? got to love the Satanists, they're really devoted to freedom of religion and freedom to go everywhere the dominant religion goes

09) honeysuckle-scented candle

10) "Molten Lava" spiced chocolate honey cream from Bumbleberry Farms

11) gonna go to Pride on Saturday

12) and the local community theater production of Once Upon a Mattress later that evening

13) prices on white cultured freshwater pearls (the potato and rice shapes) at Fire Mountain Gems are not outrageous; middle sister's thought for bridesmaid jewelry for oldest sister's wedding should be entirely doable with real pearls

14) Kellianna, "Serpent Mound"

15) Backup Manager S's friend whatsherface recommends the apartment complex I'm currently most interested in moving to (she's lived there for years, apparently, and has never had any major problems)

16) H from MA is going to have an awesome birthday and I get to send part of the deluge of shinythings (okay my contribution is an Amazon gift card, but still)

17) mocha iced coffee (yes, that's why I'm awake right now when I really shouldn't ought to be, but it's tasty tasty)

18) coffeemaker -> experiment with small quantities of fair-trade coffee and cocoa and also milk and local honey in hopes of equaling or trumping the bottle-of-mocha-iced-Starbucks experience

19) my little pot of ivy

20) the pure sensuous physicality of taking a shower

**) HAH. made it to twenty.

1) Pasta e fagioli (Mom's friend Jeff's recipe). I didn't even have to make it.

2) That pain-reliever goo.

3) One can almost see carpet in this basement, I've made so much progress tidying.

4) The local UU newsletter hit my inbox today, and I want to go to all four May services.

(Well, all five, but it's a lil late for the first one. I just need to wake up early enough Sunday mornings...)

5) I crocheted some yesterday. My rainbow lapghan progresses.

6) I have a hook for a blog post I've been meaning to write.

7) I don't have to empty the dishwasher tonight or tomorrow morning. And loading and running it (like ought to have been done earlier tonight) is Not My Job.

8) I have the most gorgeous blue and white glass beads in two sizes for An Project. Seriously stunning. (And inexpensive, because AC Moore.)

(Also made in China, because AC Moore, but. Oh well. I just hope the cord I bought is both thin enough, 'cause these beads do not have real large holes, and sturdy enough, 'cause it's probably in for some hard wear. What I ought to do is buy beads with BIG holes and then leather or faux-leather cord, and use the beautiful glass beads for Other Projects...but I didn't see any beads with appropriately big holes at AC Moore.)

9) I also have "Follow Your Heart" charms. I forget where these came from or what they were for, so: Hello new earrings!

(...if I can not break the little loop on the earhooks when I bend it open or closed!)

10) Tarot card of the day, still with the Motherpeace deck: Shaman of Cups, turned partway between left and upright. Left is holding back from responsibilities. Upright is discipline and competence and professionalism. I read this to mean I'm moving from that left to that upright—I'm on the right track.

(Know what's gonna be interesting? Spreads with rotated-90-degrees cards using round cards. Reversed and upright are easy enough to tell with rectangular cards as long as one is consistent in the direction of rotating the 90 degrees. Round cards, that have meanings four different ways? Uh, not so much. I should maybe have thought of this before blithely offering Celtic Cross spreads. I'll still do 'em! Maybe even tonight! But it's gonna be Interesting.)

1) Barq's root beer. (Mississippi girl don't change her ways—)

2) I smell like orchid and juniper.

3) Pewter dragon pendant with blue and green stones. You are crunchy and taste good with ketchup: fear me.

4) Blue glass dragon earrings. I rule the skies.

5) Pewter labrys pendant (yes, I'm wearing two). I am warrior.

6) Blue-and-green dichroic-glass-dot earrings (I have two sets of holes). Pretty.

7) Pocky.

8) Cheerful email to Green Party USA mailing list to the tune of Hillary Clinton is the Greens' best friend because the moment she announced her candidacy the support for a Green presidential run started rolling in. I dunno who we're running (probably Jill Stein again), but whoever it is might almost have a chance.

9) Spinach salad with carrots and whatnot. Tasty noms.

10) It is so much easier to think than it was yesterday.

Bonus) This list only took five minutes. :)